Manhattan - 2nd Alarm - 6/27/10

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Date: 6/27/10

Time: 10:15 hours

Location: 126 st x 5th Ave

Frequency: FDNY Manhattan

Weather Conditions: warm, overcast

Description Of Incident: fire in the electrical panel of a church with manholes popping, possibly involved.

Reporters/Writer: ryang

Additional Info:

Harlem, Manhattan, NY, 6/27/10

Address: 15 W126 st between 5th and Lenox Aves

Box 1486

Engs. 35, 59, 58

TL14, L30

Battalion 12

10-75-1486 - 10:18 hours

E37

L26 (FAST Truck)

Battalion 16

Squad 41

Rescue 3

Division 6

10:19 hours

Battalion 12: Have ConEd priority response, we have a fire in the electrical closet in the basement of the church.

10:22 hours

ConEd reports a 30 minute ETA.

7-5-1486 - 10:22 hours

BC12: we have 2 lines stretched, 1 line in operation, primary searches are underway, trucks are opening up, fire is Doubtful. Building is a 5 story 30x50 non-fireproof church, using All-Hands.

RAC1

Exposures are:

1 - street

2 - 4 story brownstone

3 - unknown

4 - lot

2-2-1486 - 10:23 hours - Duration 10 minutes

BC12: 2nd Alarm Box 1486! We have multiple manholes blowing in the street.

Engs. 69, 80, 91, 60

E9 w/ Satellite 1

T40, TL23

Battalion 14 (Safety Officer)

Battalion 11 (Resource Unit Leader)

Rescue, Safety Battalions

Tactical Support 1

FieldCom

Car 4A (AC James Manahan, Assistant Chief of Operations)

10:27 hours - Duration 12 minutes

BC12: Searches in the basement are negative.

10:30 hours - Duration 15 minutes

Division 6: Can you try to send a rush on ConEd. We have 2 lines stretched, main body of fire is knocked down, we have heavy smoke condition, trucks are opening up, checking for extension. It's an electrical fire, we had a manhole in the street popped as well as the fire in the basement.

10:34 hours

Staging area is Lenox Ave and W125 st

Correction to exposures:

3 - rear yard

10:37 hours - Duration 22 minutes

DC6: Primaries are complete and negative throughout the church, the fire building, fire is still Doubtful.

10:37 hours

DC6: Primary search of exposure 2 is complete and negative, can you special call another truck company.

L28 S/C

10:40 hours

Rescue Battalion is switching over to Queens, may be needed at a Queens Box.

10:43 hours

Rescue Battalion is not needed in Queens and will continue in.

10:46 hours - Duration 31 minutes

DC6: Primary search on the 1st floor of the church complete and negative.

10:51 hours

ConEd advises a crew is responding, no ETA.

11:03 hours - Duration 48 minutes

FieldCom: Progress report Manhattan 2nd Alarm Box 1486, the address 15 W 126 st, between 5 Ave and Lenox Ave, fire in a 5 story 30x50 church. Division 6 reports secondary searches are complete and negative, ConEd is on scene. Still have 2 lines stretched and in operation, still venting the basement, k

11:11 hours - Duration 56 minutes

FC: Progress report on your 2nd Alarm Box 1486, the address 15 W126 st, between 5 Ave and Lenox Ave, Division 6 had a fire in the basement of a 5 story 30x50 church, Division 6 reports secondary searches throughout the fire building and exposure 2, with the exception of the 1st floor and basement of the original fire building, are complete and negative.

11:17 hours - Duration 1 hour 2 minutes

FC: Progress report on 2nd Alarm Box 1486, the address 15 W126 st, between 5 Ave and Lenox Ave, Division 6 reports secondary searches throughout are complete and negative, k.

11:20 hours - Duration 1 hour 5 minutes

FC: Progress report on your 2nd Alarm Box 1486, the address 15 W126 st, between 5 Ave and Lenox Ave, Division 6 reports: ConEd has removed power from the building, and places the fire Probably Will Hold, k.

11:23 hours

Car 4A is 10-8, Division 6 is Incident Commander.

Rescue 3 is 10-8 back to the Bronx.

11:22 hours

FC: Special call 1 ladder, have them report to the command post, and they will be relieving the FAST Truck, k.

TL17 S/C as a relief FAST Truck

11:29 hours

FieldCom, Tactical Support 1 are 10-8

11:49 hours - Duration 1 hour 34 minutes

DC6: We have power off to the building, we have 3 fans in operation, trying to lower the CO levels in the building. We have 40 ppm in the cellar and 600 ppm in the subcellar.

11:56 hours - Duration 1 hour 41 minutes

DC: We're going to go Under Control at this time, CO levels are dropping to acceptable levels. Division 6 will be going 10-8, Battalion 12 will be Incident Commander.

Relocations:

Engines: 21/58, 93/91

Ladders: 44/14, 25/40

Edited June 27, 2010 by ryang